muzumbrek

Albanian

Etymology

A compound of brekë pl (“pants, underwear”), possibly with Greek μέση (mési, “waist”). Similar sounding to Romanian cozondraci (“suspenders”) and Greek βρακοζώνα (vrakozóna, “belt”).

Noun

muzumbrek m (definite muzumbreku) (Arvanitika)

1. belt

   Synonym: brez

References

• Reinhold, K. H. Th. (1855) “muζumbrek”, in Noctes Pelasgicae. Πρόδομος λεξικοῦ, Athens: Sophoclis Garbola, page 39
• Meyer, G. (1891) “brekɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 46